The boomstarter portal is fundraising for a documentary about the mysterious Nazca geoglyphs studied by scientists of the Alternative History Lab.

Plants comprising mouse genome will help to recycle toxic substances after drilling and mining operations.

Researchers from Irkutsk used nanocomposite materials to build heaters, able to regulate electric current and surface temperature themselves. Such heaters are fireproof and use less electric energy.

Bryansk Electromechanical Plant (BEMP) in cooperation with the Research Institute of Precision Instruments will create a prototype of the modern station for receiving information from the satellites till 2015.

Scientists from Obninsk Institute of Atomic Energy at National Nuclear Research University MEPhI produced an exoskeleton that increases physical capabilities of humans.

Leading scientists from several countries examining the life-prolonging issues arrive in Sochi to participate in the 3rd International Conference "The Genetics of Aging and Longevity."

A reconnaissance group of Airborne Forces flew from Olenegorsk (Murmansk Oblast) to the Russian drifting polar station Barneo to study one of the drifting ice floes.

A major step towards returning the ability to walk to people, whose legs are paralyzed, was made by the international group of researchers, including Russian scientists from the Pavlov Institute of Physiology.

Mycoplasms, small bacteria without cells wall, have demonstrated previously unknown mechanism for antibiotic resistance. This information, found by the Russian scientists, should be now considered when fighting pathogens.

Russian researchers suggest improvements to wind turbine construction, which make these turbines more effective and energy, derived from wind, becomes cheaper.